Furniture

Why Wood Splits When You Drive Screws Near Edges Screwing near board edges has gotten complicated with all the conflicting advice flying around — pre-drill,...

Why Mortise and Tenon Joints Go Loose Mortise and tenon repair has gotten complicated with all the conflicting advice flying around. As someone who has...

What Jointer Snipe Actually Looks Like Jointer snipe has gotten complicated with all the conflicting advice flying around. Ask three woodworkers and you’ll get four...

Why Your Circular Saw Blade Is Binding Circular saw binding has gotten complicated with all the conflicting advice flying around. But after years of garage...

Why Your Belt Sander Is Burning the Wood Belt sander burning has gotten complicated with all the half-baked advice flying around. Most of it skips...

Why Wood Glue Fails in the First Place Wood glue troubleshooting has gotten complicated with all the vague “proper technique” advice flying around. As someone...

Why Router Bits Burn Wood in the First Place Router bit burning has gotten complicated with all the conflicting advice flying around. Slow down, speed...

What Those Tracks and Ridges Actually Mean Planer marks have gotten complicated with all the conflicting advice flying around. Blame the knives, blame the feed...

What Blade Wobble Actually Means and Why It Matters Table saw blade wobble has gotten complicated with all the conflicting advice flying around. Forums say...

What Drill Press Runout Actually Means Drill press runout has gotten complicated with all the conflicting advice flying around. Some people blame cheap bits. Others...